Full Match Line-Ups For All NJPW Road To SAKURA GENESIS 2026 & SAKURA GENESIS 2026 Events

By: Lewis Carlan

With the New Japan Pro-Wrestling New Japan Cup 2026 tournament now in the past, it’s full steam ahead to NJPW’s next big event SAKURA GENESIS at Ryogoku Sumo Hall.

Callum Newman was the winner of the New Japan Cup 2026 tournament and earned an opportunity to challenge the IWGP Heavyweight Champion Yota Tsuji. The high stakes showdown between Tsuji and Newman is set to take place on April 4th at SAKURA GENESIS 2026.

NJPW released the complete list of Road To SAKURA GENESIS 2026 and SAKURA GENESIS 2026 matches. The Road To SAKURA GENESIS tour will consist of five events that will lead into SAKURA GENESIS 2026.

The April 2nd Road To SAKURA GENESIS 2026 event will feature two championship matches. DOUKI will defend the IWGP Jr Heavyweight Title against YOH and Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori put their IWGP Jr Heavyweight Tag Team Title on the line against United Empire Francesco Akira & Jakob Austin Young.

Here is the full list of matches for all NJPW Road To SAKURA GENESIS 2026 & SAKURA GENESIS 2026:

ROAD TO SAKURA GENESIS 2026

March 28th at Lily Arena MITO

• Masatora Yasuda vs. Tatsuya Matsumoto
• KUSHIDA vs. Taisei Nakahara
• Yuya Uemura, Taichi & El Desperado vs. Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Tiger Mask
• Aaron Wolf, Toru Yano, YOH & Master Wato vs. Don Fale, SHO, DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, Shota Umino & Oleg Boltin vs. Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens & Dick Togo
• Yuto-Ice, OSKAR & Gedo vs. Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson
• Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi, Taiji Ishimori, Robbie X & Daiki Nagai vs. Callum Newman, Jake Lee, Francesco Akira, Jacob Austin Young & Zane Jay

March 29th at Act City Hamamatsu

• Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Taisei Nakahara
• Tiger Mask vs. Masatora Yasuda
• Yuya Uemura, Taichi & El Desperado vs. Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & KUSHIDA
• Shota Umino, Aaron Wolf, Toru Yano & YOH vs. Don Fale, SHO, DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, Oleg Boltin & Master Wato vs. Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens & Dick Togo
• Yuto-Ice, OSKAR & Daiki Nagai vs. Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson
• Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi, Taiji Ishimori, Robbie X & Gedo vs. Callum Newman, Jake Lee, Francesco Akira, Jacob Austin Young & Zane Jay

March 30th at Twin Messe Shizuoka

• Masatora Yasuda vs. Taisei Nakahara
• KUSHIDA vs. Tatsuya Matsumoto
• Yuya Uemura, Taichi & El Desperado vs. Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Tiger Mask
• Aaron Wolf, Toru Yano, YOH & Master Wato vs. Don Fale, SHO, DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, Shota Umino & Oleg Boltin vs. Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens & Dick Togo
• Yuto-Ice, OSKAR & Gedo vs. Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson
• Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi, Taiji Ishimori, Robbie X & Daiki Nagai vs. Callum Newman, Jake Lee, Francesco Akira, Jacob Austin Young & Zane Jay

April 1st at Nagano Prefectural Budokan

• Masatora Yasuda vs. Tatsuya Matsumoto
• Tiger Mask vs. Taisei Nakahara
• Yuya Uemura, Taichi & El Desperado vs. Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & KUSHIDA
• Shota Umino, Aaron Wolf, Toru Yano & YOH vs. Don Fale, SHO, DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, Oleg Boltin & Master Wato vs. Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens & Dick Togo
• Yuto-Ice, OSKAR & Daiki Nagai vs. Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson
• Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi, Taiji Ishimori, Robbie X & Gedo vs. Callum Newman, Jake Lee, Francesco Akira, Jacob Austin Young & Zane Jay

April 2nd at Korakuen Hall

• Shota Umino & Tiger Mask vs. KUSHIDA & Masatora Yasuda
• KONOSUKE TAKESHITA vs. Tatsuya Matsumoto
• Yuya Uemura, Taichi & El Desperado vs. Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Master Wato
• Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, Oleg Boltin, Aaron Wolf & Toru Yano vs. Ren Narita, Don Fale, Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• Yuto-Ice, OSKAR & Gedo vs. Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson
• Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Daiki Nagai vs. Callum Newman, Jake Lee & Zane Jay
  
• IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X (c) vs. Francesco Akira & Jakob Austin Young
  
• IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title Title: DOUKI (c) vs. YOH

SAKURA GENESIS 2026

April 4th at Ryogoku Kokugikan

• KUSHIDA & Masatora Yasuda vs. Tatsuya Matsumoto & Taisei Nakahara
• Togi Makabe & Tiger Mask vs. Hartley Jackson & Kosei Fujita
• Shingo Takagi, Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X vs. Jake Lee, Francesco Akira & Jacob Austin Young
• Aaron Wolf, Toru Yano, YOH & Master Wato vs. Don Fale, SHO, DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
  
• NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title: Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Oleg Boltin (c) vs. Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens
  
• NJPW World TV Title: KONOSUKE TAKESHITA (c) vs. Shota Umino
  
• IWGP Tag Team Title: Yuto-Ice & OSKAR (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa
  
• IWGP Heavyweight Title: Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Callum Newman

The Road To SAKURA GENESIS and SAKURA GENESIS 2026 events can be seen in NJPW World subscription streaming service.